Howdy,
This week was quite wild. Transfers were at the beginning of the week, and we made a total of six trips to the airport over the course of 4 days (3 on Monday, 0 on Tuesday, 1 on Wednesday, and 2 on Thursday). This was the McGuire's first transfer ever and thanks in part to a power outage in the Phoenix airport and delayed flights, it was wild. I feel bad that all of the crazy things happened on their first transfer here. The weirdest thing that happened to Elder Parry and me is that we were at the airport trying to pick up missionaries whose flights had been delayed. We wait and wait and finally one sister missionary comes through alone. We ask her about the Elders on her flight, and she said that there were none. We called missionary travel, who told us that they could possibly be in Houston or Charlette, but they really didn't know. That meant that Elder Parry and I drove back this one sister missionary back to the mission home. It was a little weird, and we felt bad for her. We survived though. We were insanely busy, but the APs had it much crazier than us. They woke up at 4:30 am on Monday to get some missionaries to the airport, had a crazy day, had to go back to the airport that night (to meet the lost Elders), and didn't get to bed until 2:00 am Tuesday (21.5 straight hours). They then woke up at 6:30 on Tuesday (after 4.5 hours of sleep) and had to do a ton of stuff to help with transfers and conduct the new missionary training meeting. I'm not sure how they survived.
An exciting thing about this week is that we were able to put our friend Alissa on date to be baptized on December 18! We had a great lesson with her where the spirit was so strong. She is so excited to be baptized and continue to study in the Book of Mormon and come closer to Christ. Everything was going so amazingly until yesterday she found out that she has covid and has to quarantine. We are in the process of figuring out how we can do lessons with her over zoom, and trying to help her watch church online and everything. It is a bummer, but really just a small bump in the road. I am excited to continue to help her strengthen her relationship with the Savior!
This week, like most weeks in the office, has flown by in a flash. I have come to realize here that life is exactly as fun and as enjoyable as we choose it to be. It is easy in the office to be bugged that we can't spend all of our time doing "regular missionary things", but life is so much more enjoyable when we find joy in the opportunities that we have to encourage, uplift, compliment, and serve those that have made sacrifices to serve the Lord. When we stop focusing on things that are out of our control and start focusing on doing better at the things that we can, life becomes a wonderful and joyful journey. "Saints can be happy under every circumstance (because) the joy we feel has little do with the circumstances of our lives, and everything to do with the focus of our lives. For Latter-day Saints, Jesus Christ is joy!" I know that Jesus Christ is the source of all joy, and I love and rejoice serving as one of His representatives.
Keep Striving, Drive Safe!
Elder Rogers
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| Me with a hammer at the Loveland Castle today on our P day adventure |
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| Me with a sword |
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| Elder Parry with the hammer |
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| Us and the APs in front of the Loveland castle |
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Us with "Pastor Mom" on a special assignment from President- we all have the same goal of bringing people to Christ! |
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| Us with Denise at church |
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| Us with Elder Dixon at Skyline (he liked it 💪) |
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